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Act of Settlement may refer to:

  • Statute of Legal Settlement 1547, legislation regarding the settlement of the poor
  • Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652, in response to the Irish Rebellion of 1641
  • Act of Settlement 1657, ratifying previous decrees from the Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652
  • Act of Settlement 1662, a partial reversal of the Act of Settlement of 1652
  • Poor Relief Act 1662 (The Settlement Act), clarify which parishes were responsible for Poor Relief
  • Act of Settlement 1690, declare the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland to be the Established Church in Edinburgh
  • Act of Settlement 1701, governing the line of succession to the English throne and, after 1707, to the British throne
  • Act of Settlement 1703, clarifying the status of the population of the Isle of Man

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Maria Anne Fitzherbert (English royalty)